Sexism in the Arab world

To apply for a visa for the UAE, a Lebanese married woman travelling alone requires a no objection letter from her husband, plus a copy of her husband’s photo ID.

While citizens from 33 privileged Countries (France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, … the list goes on) can obtain a visit visa on arrival, and while citizens of the Arab Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) member states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia) do not even need a visa, Lebanese -again- fall on the bottom of the people-that-we-like list.